Treatment based on syndrome differentiation should be investigated and known as a whole. The authors studied the basic path and inherent law in the process of Chinese medicine treatment based on syndrome differentiation. They summarized that "three-determination"law

which means determination of etiology

disease location and nature of disease

was the objective steps for improving the accuracy of syndrome differentiation. "Three-correspondence"law

which means prescriptions corresponding to syndromes

herbs corresponding to symptoms

and herbs corresponding to diseases

was the main method of improving the accuracy of treatment. Then

the principle of "abidance by triple pathogens"was considered. "Three-determination

three-correspondence and three-abidance"was the basic path in the process of treatment based on syndrome differentiation. It was also an important method to realize accurate correspondence of principles

methods

prescriptions and herbs. Besides

it was a basis for improving the coincidence of subjective differentiation results and clinical objectively existed diseases and syndromes during treatment based on syndrome differentiation.